INFORMATION SHEET NO.A.0271(I/L)

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                                     INFORMATION SHEET

                  NO.A.0271(I/L)	             4th January 1998
 
(1)		List of State-Owned Economic Enterprises to Be Privatised
		A total of (42) State-owned factories under the (A) Ministry of Industry
(1), (B) Ministry of Industry-2, (C) Ministry of Livestock Breeding and
Fishery, and (D) Ministry of Commerce are to be privatised.
 
		Two Livestock breeding farms under the Ministry of Livestock Breeding and
Fishery, and a total of (76) cinema halls under the Ministry of Information
are also to be privatised, it is learnt.
 
(2)		Independence Day Ceremony Held Successfully by the NLD
		The National League for Democracy held the 50th Anniversary 
Independence Day Ceremony inside the University Avenue residential compound of
Mrs. Aris on the morning of 4th January.
 
		The ceremony was attended by some members of the diplomatic corps,
journalists, former politicians and NLD members comprising about (450) people.
Permission was actually granted by the local authorities to hold this ceremony
with the number of guests not exceeding (300).
 
		The ceremony however proceeded well and it is also learnt that this function
was conducted within the framework of the law and within the established
regulations governing such activities making it unnecessary for the
authorities concerned to enforce laws intended to maintain stability in the
country.
 
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